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Short-term rentals in Cockermouth

Cockermouth has 648 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 386 on Airbnb and 262 on Booking.com. That ranks it 234th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 60% of its listings on Airbnb. 48% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 41%, led by Cottages.com (117 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
648
Market rank
#234 / 597
National share
0.1%
Named professional operators
12

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Cockermouth

In Cockermouth, Airbnb leads with 386 listings (60%), versus 262 on Booking.com (40%).

Where the listings are in Cockermouth

The dots are a representative sample of tracked short-term rentals — Airbnb in red and Booking.com in blue. Zoom and pan to explore the market, or open the full report for filters, operator overlays, and the listing-level view.

Airbnb Booking.com 250 sampled locations from 648 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Cockermouth

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 62% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 39% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 285 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, holidaycottages.co.uk and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 94% of that. The other 27 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
48%
Median market
41%
Single-listing hosts
27%

Listings by operator portfolio size

Tracked listings grouped by how many properties their operator runs — from single hosts to 26+ professionals.

  • Single listing 178
  • 2–5 listings 134
  • 6–25 listings 24
  • 26+ (professional) 312

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 77% of Cockermouth's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (12%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 497
  • Apartments & flats 79
  • Unique & outdoor 30
  • B&Bs & guest houses 20
  • Hotels & hostels 11
  • Private & shared rooms 10
  • Other 1

Largest operators in Cockermouth

Ranked by local tracked listings across Airbnb and Booking.com. Scores and portfolio review totals are aggregated across each operator's tracked United Kingdom listings. Together, the table and directory cover every professional operator we track in this market.

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Largest operators in Cockermouth, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Cottages.com 117 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
2 holidaycottages.co.uk 89 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
3 Sykes Holiday Cottages 62 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
4 Travelnest Ltd 5 4.52 / 5 8.0 / 10 99,168
5 Finest Retreats 2 4.65 / 5 8.5 / 10 14,946
6 HerdwickCottages.co.uk 2 4.84 / 5 9.1 / 10 3,035
7 Rich Property Management 2 4.74 / 5 7.5 / 10 570
8 Stay With Us MPB Ltd 2 4.51 / 5 7.2 / 10 2,581
9 Cumbrian Cottage Holidays 1 4.87 / 5 9.1 / 10 77,518
10 Laik Ltd 1 4.91 / 5 9.0 / 10 5,214

The other 2 professional operators in Cockermouth

Local listings

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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Cockermouth among their markets. See the full interactive Cockermouth market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.

How Cockermouth compares

Cockermouth ranks 234th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Cockermouth market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Cockermouth?

Cockermouth has 648 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 386 on Airbnb and 262 on Booking.com.

Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Cockermouth?

The largest professional operator in Cockermouth is Cottages.com, with 117 local listings.

How professionalised is the Cockermouth short-term rental market?

48% of Cockermouth's listings (312 of 648) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (41%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 62% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 39% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 285 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, holidaycottages.co.uk and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 94% of that. The other 27 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Cockermouth?

In Cockermouth, Airbnb leads with 386 listings (60%), versus 262 on Booking.com (40%).

How many professional operators run listings in Cockermouth?

12 named professional operators run listings in Cockermouth. The full roster is listed on this page, and the interactive market report maps every listing.

About this data

Figures come from myDataValue's cross-platform market snapshot of 648 public short-term rental listings in Cockermouth, matching Airbnb and Booking.com supply to the operators who run it. Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings on Airbnb or Booking.com across the United Kingdom. Snapshot dates: Airbnb , Booking.com .

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